The Maranhão by Pierre Verger

16 March 2021 to 19 March 2022

Maranhão by Pierre Verger was on display at the CCVM from March 16, 2021 to March 19, 2022. Initially exhibited virtually, its doors were opened to the public with the reopening of the CCVM in October 2021.

Curated by historian Paula Porta, the exhibition brought the eyes of the French photographer, ethnologist, anthropologist and researcher Pierre Edouard Léopold Verger (1902 – 1996) on 80 photographs taken during the trip to Maranhão.

In line with her numerous works, the images displayed marked the presence of black culture in a daily life of resistance, expanding the understanding of religiosity, work, philosophy and so many other aspects that formed our culture, the heritage of the Black Atlantic.

The exhibition was signed by architects Claudia Afonso and Gabriel Gutierrez, who used fabrics dyed with red mangrove shells as exhibitors, in an allusion to the sails of the traditional vessels used by fishermen in our state. The production of the fabrics was carried out by the Estaleiro Escola do Maranhão.

Tour Virtual

The Maranhão by Pierre Verger

Curatorship

Paula Porta

Collection

Pierre Verger Foundation

Image enhancements and treatment

Ailton Silva

Dyeing and preparation of the cloths

Sebastião de Jesus Barros – Maranhão School Shipyard

Bibliography consulted

Ana Socorro Ramos BRAGA The Mission of the Daughters of St. John Antonio Farina in Brazil (1967-2017). (About the Feast of St. Raimundo dos Mulundus)

Maria Laura V. de Castro CAVALCANTI. “The Minas House of São Luís do Maranhão and the Não Agontimé Saga”. Rio de Janeiro, Sociology & Anthropology, 9, no. 2, 2019. Available online (presents the entire path of research on Casa das Minas).

Mundicarmo FERRETTI. “Identity and resistance in a São Luís mine yard: the Casa de Nagô”. In: VASCONCELLOS, Marcio. Nagon Abianton: a biographical and historical study of the Casa de Nagô. Sao Luis, 2009.

Sergio FERRETTI. Querebentã de Zomadônu. Ethnography of Casa das Minas. Rio de Janeiro, Pallas, 2019.

Angela LUHNING – “Pierre Fatumbi Verger and his work”. Salvador, Afro-Asia, 21-22, 1998-1999. p. 315-64.

Jean-Loup PIVIN and Pascal Martin SAINT-LÉON. Pierre Verger. Le Messager. The Go-Between. Photographies 1932-1962. Paris, Édition Revue Noire, 1993.

Maria do Rosário Carvalho SANTOS. Boboromina: Terreiros de São Luís, a sociocultural interpretation. Sao Luis, Secma/Sioge, 1989.
Pierre VERGER. 50 Years of Photography. Salvador, Pierre Verger Foundation, 2011.

Consultancy for identifying photographs

Jandir Goncalves
Luiz Phelipe Andres

Expography

Claudia Afonso and Gabriel Gutierrez

Lighting

Calu Zabel

Artistic Coordination

Gabriel Gutierrez

Visual Communication

Fabio Prata and Flávia Nalon (ps.2)

Assembly

Diones Caldas, Fabio Nunes and Marcos Ferreira

Photography

Rafaela Netto

Translator

Lais Catassini

Production

Edizio Moura, Pablo Adriano, Samara Regina and Deyla Rabelo

Painting

Gilvan Brito

Electrical

Jozenilson Loyal

Locksmiths

Jose de Souza Cantanhede

Woodworking

Edson Diniz Moraes

Artistic Direction and Coordination

Gabriel Gutierrez

Steering Assistance

Deyla Rabelo

Coordination of the Educational Program

Ubirata Trindade

Educators

Alcenilton Reis Junior

Erick Araújo

Maeleide Moraes Lopes

Trainees from the Educational Program

Amanda Everton

Carlos Eduardo Oliveira de Carvalho

Gabriel dos Anjos Costa

Communication Coordination

Edizio Moura

Photography, Design and Communication Assistance

Clarissa Vieira

Production Coordination

Alex de Oliveira

Production

Pablo Adriano Silva Santos

Samara Regina

Financial Coordination

Ana Beatris Silva (On Account)

Financial

Tayane Inojosa

Administrative

Ana Celia Freitas Santos

Reception

Adiel Lopes

Jaqueline Ponçadilha

Jose de Ribamar Pinheiro Ferreira

Janitorial

Fabio Rabelo

Kaciane Costa Marques

Luzineth Nascimento Rodrigues

Security

Raimundo Vilaca

Izaias Souza Silva

Raimundo Bastos

Charles Rodrigues

Chairman of the Board of Directors

Luiz Eduardo Osorio

President of the Audit Board

Rodrigo Lauria

EXECUTIVE BOARD

Chief Executive Officer

Hugo Guimaraes Barreto Filho

Executive Director

Flavia Martins Constant

Director

Christiana Saldanha

The Maranhão by Pierre Verger

CCVM Catalog

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